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- s. WING.

CARPET STRETGHER.

No. 283,053. Pat ented Au 14, 1883.

UNIT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY s. WING, or ASHTABULA, onr nssrenon TO JENNIE A. WING, or

SAME PLACE.

CARPET -STRETCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 283,053, dated August 14, 1883.

Application filed October 14, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY S. WING, of Ashtabula, in the county of Ashtabula andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carpet-Stretchers; and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to carpet-stretchers, the object being to provide a device of the character which will be of simple and economical construction, durable in use, and adapted to securely hold the claw-arm of the stretcher in any position to which it may be forced by the operating-lever.

The invention consistsin the combination, with a bed-piece, of standards for supporting an operating-lever, a catch secured between saidstandards, and an arm provided at both its upper and lower edge with a toothed rack,

and carrying a claw for engaging the carpet.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view, and Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section, of my improvement.

A represents the bed-piece of the stretcher, provided with teeth or hooks a, adapted to secure the bed-piece inplace.

B B representinclined standards secured to the upper side of the bed-piece, and supporting between their upper I ends, ona pivot or pin, b, an operating-lever, 0, provided with a toothed segment, -D, for engaging the teeth of I p the claw-arm E. The latter is provided at its forward end with a claw, F, for engaging the carpet, and at both its upper and lower edge with a toothed rack, f and f. The upper rack, f, is adapted tobe engaged by the toothed segment of the operatinglever, while the lower rack, j, which is formed of teeth oppositely Renewed July 2, 1883. (No model.)

arm is engaged by the catch G at each movement of the arm, and the latter may be held securely at any desired adjustment without the inconvenience of retaining a hold upon the operating-lever.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters.

1. In a carpet-stretcher, the combination, with the bed-piece and standards, of a clawarm provided with two oppositely-inclined racks, adapted, respectively, to engage an operating-lever, and a catch, substantially as set forth.

2. In a carpet-stretcher, the combination, with a bed-piece provided with hooks, of two standards secured thereto, an operating-lever provided with a toothed segment, a catch se curedbetween said standards, andan arm pr0- vided at one end with a claw for engaging the carpet, and with a toothed rack at both its upper and lower edges, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HENRY S. WVING. XVitnessesa I NEHEMIAH HUBBARD,

T. E. HoYT. 

